วงศ์นกกินแมลงโลกเก่าwoŋ nók kin-ma-laeeŋ lôok-kàw

Họ Khướư

画眉科hùa-méi kē

畫眉科hùa-méi kē

アカガシラチメドリ科aka-gashira chime-dori ka

General

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As with other species formerly belonging to the Timaliidae, the Malay name for the Timaliidae is Burung Rimba'jungle bird', an ornithological name used for the babblers in general.

Indonesian names

Indonesian ornithological names are divided up by genus. Pomatorhinus scimitar babblers are known as Burung Cipa-kopi'coffee-crocias bird', Stachyris and Cyanodermis babblers are known as Burung Tepus, glossed here as 'babbler bird', and Mixornis and Macronous tit babblers are known as Burung Ciung-air'water-myna (bird)'. The latter is very similar to the Malay name for the Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).

ศิวะsì-wá 'Shiva' from Sanskrit and Pali śiva is the name of a popular Hindu god.

The word Họa mi is a borrowing from Chinese 畫眉 huà-méi 'painted-eyebrow', the name of the Hwamei or Melodious Laughing-thrush. In Vietnamese, in addition to the Hwamei itself (Leiothrichidae), it has been applied ornithologically to the Chestnut-capped Babbler and scimitar babblers (Timaliidae) and the Yellow-eyed Babbler (Sylviidae).